tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post5230968442608743986..comments2015-03-03T12:03:06.133-08:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Hard to Handle 1969-1971Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-25647181253583289112014-02-05T10:30:43.280-08:002014-02-05T10:30:43.280-08:00For those who would like to hear what a good AUD o...For those who would like to hear what a good AUD of the 4/29/71 Hard to Handle sounds like, Lossless Legs has a &#39;70s Dead bootleg album up (under the title &quot;710909&quot;) that includes an alternate AUD of this song. <br />Weinberg&#39;s AUD on the Archive, is clean but flat; this AUD is poorer quality, but has more of a live feel. The Hard to Handle has pronounced audience screams duringLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-71810204057863486172014-01-16T23:56:35.969-08:002014-01-16T23:56:35.969-08:00Thank you for this post!! I honestly believe the 8...Thank you for this post!! I honestly believe the 8/6/71 version is probably their best cover ever and it never fails to raise the hairs on your neck. I agree with the previous comment about the tamborine which adds a bit of spice to the 8/6. (who would be playing that?) I&#39;d like to think the band must have realised they could not take the song any higher and that was the reason it was droppedtimhorpo@hotmail.comhttp://www.hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-44448771414228399142014-01-01T12:40:42.092-08:002014-01-01T12:40:42.092-08:00An insightful and informative piece,just an except...An insightful and informative piece,just an exceptional study.I have nothing to add other than outside the obvious choices I very much enjoy the 1/31/70,2/6/70 and 4/21/71 versions.jerlouvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-46341121300949705312013-12-25T12:30:29.171-08:002013-12-25T12:30:29.171-08:00I neglected to mention the 4/17/69 Hard to Handle ...I neglected to mention the 4/17/69 Hard to Handle [5:25 long], which was released in the Download Series vol.12. <br />It opens the show, and is very similar to the next night&#39;s version on 4/18. No big flubs, but another ridiculous slide solo from Garcia that wanders aimlessly til the band staggers randomly back to the verse. (One small thing to note: Pigpen smoothly changes the last line of Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-36507905564321330732013-12-07T16:55:49.528-08:002013-12-07T16:55:49.528-08:00Another fantastic write-up. Count me as a 8/6/71 ...Another fantastic write-up. Count me as a 8/6/71 fan, and one who, after years of waiting to heard the SBD, found it ultimately disappointing compared to the utterly perfect AUD presented on Fallout From The Phil Zone. (One element that makes the AUD superior that is rarely remarked upon: there is a prominent tambourine you hear on the AUD that is all but inaudible on the SBD, probably because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com